ClientCollect for Accounting & Tax

Tax season without the document chase.

One clean checklist for every return — income statements, bank records, receipts, prior-year filings. Clients upload as documents arrive, and you watch each file complete itself instead of digging through email threads.

Income statements Investment income Prior-year return Mortgage interest Expense receipts Bank statements
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2024 Personal Tax Return
HSHelena Sørensen · 8 items
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Why firms switch

Deadlines are hard enough without the chase.

Every deadline brings the same scramble: re-asking three clients for the same missing statement. ClientCollect turns your organizer into a checklist clients actually finish.

Beat the filing deadline

Automatic reminders nudge clients about exactly what's outstanding — firms see follow-up emails drop by about three quarters in the first month.

The right document, first time

Each item says exactly what you need — "all pages of the statement, including the summary" — so you stop chasing page 2 of 6.

IDs off email

Income statements, identity documents and prior returns move through an encrypted portal with an audit trail — not as attachments in a client's outbox.

Joint returns, handled

One request covering both partners, or separate checklists per person — either way, one view of what's still missing on the file.

Staged requests

Match the checklist to how a return actually flows.

Don't send forty items at once. Staged requests release documents as the return progresses — clients only ever see what's relevant now.

1

Engagement

Get the engagement signed and the basics on file.

Signed engagement letter · Photo ID · Prior-year return
2

Income

Every income document the return touches.

Employment income · Investment income · Rental income
3

Deductions & reliefs

The support behind every deduction you claim.

Mortgage interest · Donation receipts · Childcare details
4

Review & file

Final confirmations before you submit.

Signed filing authorisation · Refund bank details
Meet Colette

Colette speaks fluent tax prep.

Tell Colette "personal return, self-employed with rental income" and she drafts the organizer — stages, items, plain-English descriptions and all.

  • Drafts the full organizer
    From one sentence about the client and return type — personal, company, first-year filer, she adjusts.
  • Flags what you'll ask for anyway
    Rental income but no interest statement or expense log on the list? Colette catches it before you do.
  • Translates tax-speak for clients
    "Year-end investment statement" becomes "the summary from each investment account" — fewer wrong uploads.
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File upload Government-issued photo ID OUTSTANDING
Short answer Tax reference number OUTSTANDING
Short answer Current home address OUTSTANDING
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Add a stage for income and employment documents.
Here's an Income & Employment stage with the documents lenders ask for. Apply it and I'll keep an eye on what's missing.
Add stage · Income & Employment
Add Payslips (last 3 months)
Add Income statements (last 2 years)
Add Tax returns (last 2 years)
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Hi Helena 👋
You have 3 documents to send for Dana.
Action needed 3 TO DO
2024 Personal Tax Return
Due Feb 28, 2025 · Due in 35d
63%
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DW Dana Whitfield · Jan 21, 2025
Your 2024 tax planning summary is ready
I've uploaded a short summary of where you stand for 2024 and a couple of moves that could lower your bill.
Key dates
28
FEB
Documents due for 2024 return
Due in 35d
15
APR
Quarterly tax payment
Due in 81d
15
APR
Tax filing deadline
Due in 81d
For your clients

Clients finish it between meetings.

Your clients are photographing statements at their kitchen table at 9pm. The portal is built for exactly that — no login, no PDF wrangling, no "which file was that again."

  • One secure link, no account
    Works on any device. Progress saves — they can start on a lunch break and finish at home.
  • Branded to your firm
    Your logo and colors — clients see their accountant, not a third-party tool.
  • Questions on the exact item
    "Does a photo of my statement work?" lands on that item — not in a thread you'll dig for later.
Security & compliance

Built for data protection, ready for your review.

Client tax records are sensitive personal and financial data under GDPR and data-protection law wherever you work. ClientCollect treats them that way from the first upload.

Encrypted in transit & at rest

Tax records and bank statements never travel as plain email attachments.

Timestamped audit trail

Who requested, uploaded, viewed and accepted each document — ready for any review.

Client consent, recorded

Privacy notices and GDPR-compliant e-consent captured before the first document is shared.

Access by role

Preparers see their clients, reviewers see the file — nothing more.

"We used to lose the first two weeks of every season just collecting documents. Now the organizer goes out as a checklist and the files fill themselves in."
Marcus Reyes · Managing Partner, Brightledger Accountants
73%
fewer follow-up emails in the first month
4 days
faster, on average, to a complete return file
9 min
median time for a client to finish a stage

File faster. Chase less.

Send your first tax organizer as a checklist in under five minutes. Free for 14 days, no card required.